The objective of the FLURESP consortium is to redefine main human pandemic scenarios at the European level, describe and cluster possible response strategies and assess these response strategies in the frame of multi-criteria and cost-effectiveness analyses, taking into account lessons from the 2009 pandemic situation in Europe. Human pandemic scenarios and main related responses have never been assessed and ranked using both multi-criteria and cost-effectiveness approaches. It appears urgent to develop a strategy relying on assessment of lessons learnt with respect to improving intersectorial collaboration and cross-border coordination in responding to health emergencies. The integrated approach of Decision Making proposed by the FLURESP consortium would constitute a premiere at the European and global level, which would support member states to select the most appropriate and efficient public response to various scenarios of human pandemic.
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The project is expected to play a pivotal role in assisting the process of strengthening the implementation of existing warning systems and plans and in strengthening the Health Sector in its preparedness in facing the health impact of climate change.
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The project will provide a framework of tools for the preparedness and response to extreme weather events (heat waves, cold spells) and their environmental consequences (floods, wildfires, air pollution) to reduce their impact on health. A specific contribution of the project will be to apply new methodologies to improve knowledge on health effects of extreme weather events (EWE), and to identify individual risk factors. The vulnerable subgroups to specific EWE will be identified to target prevention activities and optimize resources.Prevention plans will be evaluated to identify a set of efficient measures. The collaboration between different sectors (public health, environmental,civil protection, policy makers,etc) will be strengthened to improve preparedness and response to health emergencies and support adaptation to EWE. A link with ongoing EU projects on climate/ health will be established to optimize resources. Results of the project will be contextualized taking into account different environmental, socioeconomic and political conditions throughout Europe.
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The Triple S-AGE project aims to review and analyse European Syndromic Surveillance activities across Member States (MS) in order to define a generic European surveillance strategy which will help MS to implement Syndromic Surveillance with a minimal EU common approach, according to data and systems available at national level.

Its specific objectives are:
1. To provide MS, ECDC and relevant bodies with an overview of the available systems of SyS in Europe.
2. Support harmonization of main data sources for morbidity systems.
3. Support the development and implementation of SyS systems at MS level according to MS needs and expectations.
4. Develop synergies between SyS (animal and human SyS) and promote dialogue and complementarities between SyS systems, sentinel networks and specific disease surveillance networks.

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